Category: Florida trips
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Northeast Florida; Deland to Daytona Beach to Jacksonville 1/19-22/2012
Whatever you say about Florida, when viewed from the road, most parts look uniquely Floridian. There are streets and buildings that look like nowhere else. I mean, what else looks like Marineland, from 1938? California would never be so green. Where else can you go for a hog hunt? Where else but Daytona do guns and motorcycles get so…
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Jacksonville FL, 5/14-15, 2011
When arriving Jacksonville by overnight train from Raleigh, one intensely experiences the physical differences between Piedmont North Carolina and North Florida. I woke up at 6:00 AM gliding through a dreamy foggy world of Spanish moss and swamps. Passing through Jessup, Georgia in the early morning fog, wooden houses with tropical architecture were scattered around the town center. By the time the…
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South Florida 1/15 – 17 2011
January 15 – 17, 2011 Starting and ending point: Ft Lauderdale airport, arriving 11:00 AM Saturday, leaving 7:30 AM Monday Itinerary: Cab to hotel in downtown FLL. Leave bike suitcase at hotel. Ride Saturday to South Miami Beach. Sunday ride South Beach / Downtown Miami / Coconut Grove / Miami airport. Sunday 2:00 PM Commuter…